Wednesday March 2, 2011 Mexico city

we thought we would take it easy today but the day is so gorgeous - it would be a right shame to waste it. so we took a walk and sat at a cafe and people watched for a while ... it is called cafe sheik and it was pretty crowded altho it is a little hole in the wall place.

we then headed towards the park and the palace of fine arts to see if there was a ballet scheduled over the next couple days. There is one, but not there, and to go elsewhere and come back late does not seem like the smartest thig to do. so we left and saw a bulding with blue tiles that looked very interesting....oh my gosh, it is a bookstore in front, so we went in, looked at books, bought some postcards to mail out and then Les in his wanderings around the building, found a huge restaurant inside. Turns out the building is a refurbished palace .... so we had lunch inside a palace !!  it is called the house of tiles. used to be someone's home, way way back.  it was also packed.  we had a delicious meal, first restaurant we have found that has a "light" menu. calories spelled out. not expensive. really good.

folks, life is real good.  above are more pics fromthe museum yesterday.
Below are pics of downtown main square and the house of tiles:

http://s848.photobucket.com/albums/ab45/BajaBlanca/The%20House%20of%20Tiles/